This eBay seller seems to have confused an ordinary late 50's B&W Philco console for a TV-123 Color set (http://www.myvintagetv.com/philco_tv123.htm)

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Philco-Console-TV-Television-Rare-Make-Model-/260828758947?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item3cba9b03a3

If he looked a little more closely he'd see it's called a "Golden D" and not just a "Golden"

I had 1 a 1953 Philco with a "golden Grid" chassis. I gave it to a collector about 5 years ago. I bought it working at a thrift store in California for $18.95. Was a nice set. Still works today.

"Powers up when it wants to"...Reckon that Missing Tube has anything to do with that, Chief ?!? (grin)

"Powers up when it wants to"...Reckon that Missing Tube has anything to do with that, Chief ?!? (grin)

That empty socket is not a tube socket. It might be a test or accessory socket.

Might have even been a socket for a color adapter, the old kind with a color wheel for the CBS color system.

I don't think that it is that old.

Apparently it's a 24" set from 1957 (somewhat after the days of CBS color).